it is our view of government and government role in everyday society. i believe in a smaller, limited government that allows the states and local entities to thrive and shine without unfunded mandates and decisions made in washington that will affect the way things operate here in illinois. that is the public policy agenda i learned from my dad growing up watching him, my mom, running their small business. how decisions made in washington can adversely affect their ability to create jobs and how many politicians we have seen over the years who say, we need new jobs and we need to grow our economic. government has to stop getting in the way so we can create those jobs and grow this economy and get this unemployment rate down. >> how much these states' rights go? >> states' rights are important. there needs to be balanced. occasionally, there is a time problem. i find it interesting to hear your discussion nine days ago in springfield that you ask for uncle sam to get involved by amending our constitution of all things and making it sto define between one